Sunnyvale vs Mountain View
Sunnyvale and Mountain View on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Sunnyvale
73B
Category by category
D+HousingD+
Sunnyvale +2 pts
BSchoolsB
Mountain View +3 pts
B−Cost of livingB−
Mountain View +2 pts
A−CommuteA−
Mountain View +1 pts
A+AmenitiesA+
level
B−EmploymentB
Mountain View +5 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$1.80MMedian home value$1.93M
$3,039Median rent$3,062
23.0 minMean commute23.3 min
$186kMedian household income$190k
0.59%Effective property tax0.63%
84th pctWithin-state proficiency90th pct
253Restaurants & cafés265
154,236Population83,732
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.